December 5, 2017, update for Office 2016 (KB3213542)

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This article describes update 3213542 for Microsoft Office 2016 that was released on December 5, 2017. This update has a prerequisite.

Be aware that the update in the Microsoft Download Center applies to the Microsoft Installer (.msi)-based edition of Office 2016. It doesn't apply to the Office 2016 Click-to-Run editions, such as Microsoft Office 365 Home. (How to determine?)

Improvements and fixes

This update fixes the following issue:

You have to open a version dialog box two times to load the versions successfully. The first time that you try to open the version dialog box, it may be empty.

Note To fix this issue, you have to install this update 3213542 together with the following updates:

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Update information

Prerequisites

To apply this update, you must have Microsoft Office 2016 installed.

Restart information

You may have to restart the computer after you install this update.

More information

To determine whether your Office installation is Click-to-Run or MSI-based, follow these steps:

References

The Office System TechCenter contains the latest administrative updates and strategic deployment resources for all versions of Office.

File information

The English (United States) version of this software update installs files that have the attributes that are listed in the following tables. The dates and the times for these files are listed in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). The dates and the times for these files on your local computer are displayed in your local time together with your current daylight saving time (DST) bias. Additionally, the dates and the times may change when you perform certain operations on the files.